SMOS detects space weather

Video: 00:02:20 The SMOS satellite carries a novel interferometric radiometer that operates at a frequency of…

PPE waste kills animals throughout the entire world

Face masks and gloves designed to protect us are, in fact, dangerous for the animals around…

World-leading CubeSat satellites launched

UNSW Canberra Space’s M2 CubeSat satellites successfully launched with Rocket Lab’s “They Go Up So Fast’…

Researchers discover hitchhiking bacteria

Imagine that you need to travel, but you don’t have a car and you’re dead broke.…

Planet and plastic: End of the love story?

The Earth’s relationship with plastic started over 100 years ago. But is it time we broke…

Largest-ever DNA mapping study of the Philippines

Over 50 millennia, at least five major immigration waves have successively populated the Philippines, the most…

Giant fossil flightless bird had an enormous body but was still 'bird-brained'

The largest flightless bird ever to live weighed in up to 600kg and had a whopping…

First clues to the start of Earth's supercontinent cycle found

Curtin University research has uncovered the first solid clues about the very beginning of the supercontinent…

Creating patterns spontaneously in synthetic materials

Nature produces a startling array of patterned materials, from the sensitive ridges on a person’s fingertip…

Copper foam as a highly efficient, durable filter for reusable masks and air cleaners

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have grown accustomed to wearing facemasks, but many coverings are fragile…